Bill Maher capped off his live comedy special "CrazyStupidPolitics: Live from Silicon Valley," which streamed on Yahoo, by announcing that he was making a $1 million donation to President Barack Obama’s Super PAC, Deadline.com reports. The announcement was made complete…
An unusual television advertising strategy being used by Chrysler and Chipotle Mexican Grill appears to be testing the patience of the TV networks. With the marketers airing two-minute commercials, the question remains whether networks will bite, reports Brian Steinberg in…
Shock jock Howard Stern said he was "downright compassionate" at times during the first auditions for the NBC competition show "America’s Got Talent,” which were held in Los Angeles, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker blog. "You don’t want…
FX has renewed a popular animated show and signed an overall deal with a number of people behind the show, reports New York Magazine’s Vulture blog. FX extended "Archer" to a fourth season, although it could stick around for longer…
The second season of the British period drama "Downton Abbey" brought a ratings surge for PBS, with the show’s season finale giving the network its highest rating since the debut of a Ken Burns documentary in 2009, reports The New…
Emmy Award-winning comedian Lily Tomlin has been tapped to co-star in an upcoming comedy pilot, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s The Live Feed blog. Tomlin will play the mother of Reba McEntire’s character in the ABC project from McEntire, the…
Hundreds of Blockbuster video stores will be closed by Dish Network, as it seeks to eliminate underperforming retail locations or those that have inflexible landlords, reports B&C. The company reportedly plans to close 500 stores. "Our goal is to reach…
CMT has picked up two freshman series for second seasons, Deadline.com reports. The cable network will bring back "Bayou Billionaires" and "My Big Redneck Vacation," the story reports. Both shows debuted in January and have been putting up big numbers,…
After widespread media reports that the Motion Picture Academy had banned actor Sacha Baron Cohen from attending the Academy Awards ceremony, the Academy has clarified its position, according to The Hollywood Reporter. As we reported earlier, Cohen was said to…
The author of the mega-selling “Harry Potter” series has a new book deal, and it has one big difference from the “Potter” books, The Huffington Post reports. JK Rowling’s next book will be aimed at adults. The story reports: “The…